Colin Stokes
President & CEO
Classic City Bank, Athens, GA
North Group Rep., GBA Board of Directors
At Large Member, BankPAC Board of Directors
Published Dec. 12, 2024
Q: What led you to a career in banking?
A: A desire to be in the financial services industry in Athens and work with people.
Q: What was the most useful piece of advice you received in your career?
A: To be patient, realize there are no coincidences, and you get out of anything what you put into it.
Q: Can you share an experience that exemplifies being a banker?
A: I have quite a few from Covid and PPP loans. It felt great to help businesses in our community when there was so much unknown for their future.
Q: What would someone be surprised to learn about you?
A: I love to clean and vacuum in particular, I am a big music fan of The Grateful Dead and similar music, I’ve been known to cry very easily and my family takes bets on which verse of Silent Night I will begin crying in each year at Christmas Eve service.
Q: First tap/click of the day.
A: Upper Room daily devotion
Q: Book that you love/has made an impact?
A: One book I love is Liar’s Poker. by by Michael Lewis. The book that has had the most impact on me is Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle.
Q: Most used app?
A: MyRadar. I might be a weatherman in my next life.